version string in Mac not updated for 1.2.42

[luckman212]

Hi @ic005k and thank you for this amazing tool. I saw the new name today, nice 🚀

small issue: latest tag on API == 1.2.42 but Version string in Mac bundle is still at 1.2.40 so my auto update script is broken. Hope you can fix. Thank you 🙏

[ic005k]

Sorry, I remember making the same mistake once before. Thanks for reminding me. I believe I won't make this mistake again, thank you.

[luckman212]

Hmm. Sorry to bother you again, but it looks like the same thing has happened.

latest release tag == 1.2.44
mac version string == 1.2.43

[ic005k]

This problem will never happen again, because the current method of writing the Mac version number automatically is used, so there is no mistake, it is written automatically.
I don't know where you are looking at the Mac version number, you should open the Info.plist inside the app to check the version number.

[ic005k]

Please don't check the Info.plist file in the source code, it is just a demo, it doesn't represent the Info.plist inside the final APP, and this Info.plist is not updated, it is only for testing APP use.

https://github.com/ic005k/Xplist/blob/main/Info.plist

[ic005k]

If your script uses a grab of Info.plist from the source code to determine the Mac version number, that would be very unscientific and inaccurate. Because it is a temporary file and does not represent the Info.plist inside the final app.

[luckman212]

I don't know ... this is a fresh download from the 1.2.44 release ...

[ic005k]

Oh, APP will update this version number automatically when you run it, you copy APP to normal working directory and when you run it, APP will refresh the version number automatically, please don't worry.

[ic005k]

So here's your confusion, I understand it now.
Please copy this app to the application directory or desktop, etc., run it and you will find the version number refreshed automatically.

[luckman212]

Huh. Been around a while and have to say I've never seen an app do that (self-update its own Info.plist in-place). But - yes you're right it worked after launching the app. The version string updated. I'll just need to change my script to run the app before re-checking the version.

[ic005k]

The GitHub API of the app is attached at the bottom of Readme, you only need to detect the "tag_name" in this API to get the version number of the app.
I don't know what your script is for, why do you need to get the version number of the app statically?

[ic005k]

In any case, please feel free to leave a comment with any questions or suggestions.

[luckman212]

Script I wrote is part of a system I have that keeps my apps updated automatically. It queries Github API to get latest tag and then compares it to local app version (by looking at Info.plist) to see if it's newer. If it is, the it downloads and copies it to the /Applications folder.

So, this kind of breaks that system because, although new version is detected, even after downloading and installing it, the bundle version remains stuck at 1.2.43 until the app is launched. Kind of a weird system but I will try to work around it.

[luckman212]

I was able to modify my script to work around this. Thanks again.